Golf bag



Aug. 29, 1933. E. GARFINKEL' GOLF BAG Filed 001;. 24, 1931 l Patented Aug. 29,1933 i i l I 515 the latter is exposed.

'20 An illustrative embodiment of this invention is through t bag y base plate tongue 1,924,546 I IGOLFBIAGV g Emile Garfinkel Newark, N. J; Application dctobergzd, 193i; "Serial'No. 570,785 -2 Glaims. (or. Isa-1.5)

-,,This invention relates, generally, to ,improvechor plates :11 and 12 are preferably secured to the mentsdn golf bags, and the same has reference, bag body 5,by rows of stitching S respectivelynsewn more particularly to an improvedcarrying handle therethrough to extend along the side marginal 1 structure for golf bags having meansin connection edge portions of the assembled base plate 1'0;and 5 therewith to receive and display identifying, inanchor plates 11 and 12;, I he anchorplates ll 'dicia of ownership. 1 i 3 j and l2jare'also preferably madeof heavy leather 'I'hisiinvention has "for its-principalobject to or like materiaLq f, i b 1} j provide a novel vcarryinghandle structure for golf Theupper anchor-plate 11, in preferred form,

bags-having anchor plates with which the ends of omp s s a e a la body, b a Q 10 a handle member are connected; atleastone of length, and so located that itsupper end is spaced'65j V saidanchor plates having such secured relation downwardly from'the mo'uthof the bag; lnteto thegolf bag body as to provide a receiving rally formedine nnee -h th lower'en f pocket to hold the bag owners card or name plate, Said pp anchor P t is a tongue 14 ud 1 and a display aperture or opening through which nally aligned Centrally of s tongue 1 v r V V isof reduced width compared with thewidth of other objects of this invention, not at this time sa d anchor p t and theseme d u d back a more particularly enumerated, will be understood under h inner e of t e le t thus f i from the following detailed description of the a l p 5 exterierly pr t n r m th l w r nd same. 7 of said anchor plate. A rivet 16 is secured shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:- and anchor Plate thus Strongly ect ng.

Fig. 1 is a perspective vi w of golf ,bag these parts together in operative assembled relaequipped with the novel carrying handle structure i n- The interpesing 0f Said tongue-14 tw e according to this invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevathe bo of the anchor Plate 11 and the base plate 7 tion of the upper end portion of the golf bag and, 10 P s Said tongue to serve as a Spac Wherehandle structure, drawn on an enlarged scale; by the longitudinally central-portion of a d a Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section, taken .on eher plate is outwardly sp c between its line 3-3 in Fig, 2; and Fig, 4 i transverse horistitched down longitudinal side margins,.from the zontal section, taken on line 4-4 in Fig. 2. v base p a h s p v i a r vi p k t 1' Similar characters of reference'are employed in between Said anchor Plate 11 d- Plate the above described views, to indicate correspond- Since e upper extremity of said anc or plate 11 ing parts. i is left unattached to the base plate, an entrance Referring to the drawing,,the reference charac- Opening m u 8 is provided giving access to ter 5- indicates the usually c l d ig of t the interior of said pocket 1'7. 'The inturned free bag, having the closed bottom endmember 6, and end ofsaid tonguemis out square across thus the open upper end or m th 7 The bag body providing a limiting stop 19 at the lower end of 1 may be selectively made of any suitable'material, Said Pocket The body of'said 91110110.!" plate 11, .Such as leather, heavy textile fabri fib etc. between its stitched down longitudinal side mar- I The bag body may be suitably reenforced,- especi-, gins and intermediate the Pocket mouth and t bag body 5, preferably to extend longitudinally i eneher'plete 12 ieenihturned ve d ue,

I ally when made f te til fabri or like material, limiting stop 19; is cut away to provide a display by transverse encircling bands 8 and longitudiaperture O 1 nally extending strips 9, which may be stitched or The lower anchor Plate 12, in preferred form, r otherwise suitably fastened thereto. 7 comp ses a comparatively Short rectangular Applied exteriorly to the upper. portion of the y- Inteerelly connected wi t upp nd f 1. 00

between the upper and an intermediate band 8, is Similar to the u p 4 anchor p a a base late 10. This base plate 10 is usually a pte to p vid a p exte r1y p ectmade of heavy leather or other relatively strong s rom h upp r end d anchor plate and tough material, and serves to furnish a strong Engaged through d P 1 3 Connected with and durable base for the support of a carr ing the respective loops 15 and 210i the anchor plates handle structure in connection with the bag body. 11 and 12am Coupling rings 22, Whieh'ere a Applied upon and secured to said base plate 10 extended through the eyes at the ends of the g a V are upper andlower anchor plates 11 and 12 behandle .grip ,13, thus operatively connecting the tween WhlCh extends the outwardly bowed handle latter to and for extrusion between the anchor grip 13. Said base plate 10 with the'applied anplates 11 and 12. o s

identifying ownership thereof. To this end the.

Owner may quickly and easily insert his name card 23 through the pocket mouth 17 and into the pocket until the same is stopped against the limiting stop 19 formed by the inturnedend of the tongue 14;,whereupon the card and its iden tifying data will be registered beneath the display aperture or opening'20 so ible at a glance.

It will be obvious that various changes could v be madein the above describedconstruction,

and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could'be made without departing from the scope thereof; it is therefore intendedthat all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing sh'all'be interpreted as illustrative and not in longitudinal marginaledge portionsso as to form fanunderlying pocket open at the outer end therev of for insertion of a name card, said latter anchor it I as to be easily discern-I I anchor plate, said anchor plate having at its inplate having a tongue of reduced width doubled upon itself to provide a hand grip coupling loop,- the free end of said tongue being secured beneath said anchor plate so as to provide a stop to limit the inner endv of said pocket, and said anchor plate having in its body a display opening to expose the inserted card.

chorplate applied upon saidbase plate and secured therewith to said bag body by rows of stitching traversing the opposite longitudinal marginal edge portions of said base 'plate and ner end a tongue'of reduced width, said tongue havingits free end doubled under to form a hand grip anchor loop, said doubled under end of said tongue being disposed beneath said anchor plate,

intermediate the stitchingthereof to space portions of said anchor plate between its stitched sides outwardly from said base plate topr'ovide a cardreceiving pocket while also providing a stop at the inner end of said pocket, means for securing said tongue thusdisposed, said anchor plate having a display aperture communicating with said pocket to expose an inserted card, 'a hand grip having one end connectedwith, said anchor loop, and means for anchoring the opposite end of said hand gripto said base plate and bag body. p 1 EMILE GARFINKEL. 

